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RE: Beterbiev/Bivol. October 12th - diehard - 10-09-2024
https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/artur-beterbiev-vs-dmitry-bivol-grand-arrivals/282820
RE: Beterbiev/Bivol. October 12th - jamieson2 - 10-09-2024
I've flip flopped my prediction several times already. I've always been slightly in favour of Beterbiev winning but I think his age & injuries have to be taken into account. It's a great clash of styles & both fighters posses the tools needed to defeat the other. In these types of style fights the boxer generally wins & Bivol has the temperament not to get lured in & stay in range too long. I think he'll win enough early rounds, while having to deal with a few tough moments along the way & be able to stink it out if needed down the stretch to a decision. Either way I'm really looking forward to this fight!
RE: Beterbiev/Bivol. October 12th - jamieson2 - 10-09-2024
Beterbiev v Bivol: The Face-Off ?? Light Heavyweight Undisputed Clash ? #BeterbievBivol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtwyYuBWlIQ
RE: Beterbiev/Bivol. October 12th - diehard - 10-10-2024
Dmitry Bivol has no desire to find out how hard Artur Beterbiev hits
By Lance Pugmire
Published Wed Oct 09, 2024, 04:00 PM EDT
From the time he started boxing as a six-year-old, Dmitry Bivol has drawn inspiration by wondering what it’d be like to be considered the best boxer in the world.
As he lifted himself up the fight game’s proverbial ladder, he paused to observe the seemingly effortless brilliance of his favorite fighter, Roy Jones Jr., who fittingly dominated the light-heavyweight division where Bivol reigns today.
“If it wasn’t for Roy Jones, maybe I would not be here, because I learned from, and enjoyed, his fights,” Bivol told BoxingScene and ProBox TV in a Monday interview.
“I watched him and enjoyed how light he was in the ring, how much he enjoyed being in the ring. It was a joy for him to be in there. He was not just going in there to survive, was not working hard, having drama. No, he was enjoying the fight. I liked seeing this.”
Those who prepare best, Bivol reasoned, are the ones who take the hardness out of an otherwise brutal night in the ring.
“I’m trying to enjoy the process as well,” Bivol said.
That explains how effectively Bivol previously dissected four-division champion Canelo Alvarez two years ago, refusing to wilt in the face of Alvarez’s best punches while repeatedly peppering the face of boxing with a steady dose of hard right hands that dictated the bout and paced the unanimous-decision victory.
And now comes the next step up, Saturday’s showdown in Saudi Arabia for the undisputed light heavyweight championship against unbeaten three-belt champion and Russian countryman Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs).
To realize that childhood dream, Bivol trained in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan for nearly a month, then kept things rugged with a 45-day camp in Turkey.
Savage. Brutal. Intimidating.
All words that describe Beterbiev.
And all the attributes of a training camp that Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) conquered, hoping it will allow him to prevail in the style he so long has admired of Jones.
“To be honest, all my skills should be at the highest level. Not only speed. Not only movement. Everything. My jab. My right hand. My strength. To be aware of danger,” Bivol said. “Everything needs to be at the highest level.”
Bivol arrives at the fight in peak shape. He was due to fight Beterbiev June 1, but the three-belt champion suffered a ruptured meniscus in early May, prompting Bivol to take a replacement fight against Malik Zinad, whom he finished by sixth-round TKO.
Beterbiev is saying he’s fully healed from the knee injury and doesn’t feel any ill effects of being 39 years old. Beterbiev produced a patented, destructive showing in his most recent bout, dismantling former super-middleweight champion Callum Smith with power shots to set up a seventh-round TKO victory in Quebec City.
Knowing how Beterbiev repeatedly beats down his opponents systematically, he was asked how he will handle an onslaught.
“I don’t know, to be honest,” Bivol said, chuckling. “We will see. Of course, I can see how he’s done what he’s done and I’ve tried in training to be ready for all of this. I’ve been practicing. In training, we talk a lot about the fight: How it will go on, what I need to be ready. The real fight will show.”
Does Bivol need to taste the famed Beterbiev power to know if he can withstand it?
Smartly, he says he’s rather avoid that.
“It’s not nice to get punched. Believe me, it’s not good to take a punch … just to understand whether I can take a punch or not,” Bivol said.
“Even an easy punch can be dangerous. Strong punches might not bury you.”
In a dual-meaning response that follows Bivol being criticized by his wife, Kate, for depriving his two children of financial support, the fighter said, “Like in life, the hardest punch is the one you’re not expecting.”
Although his knockout percentage is lacking by Beterbiev’s 100% standard, Bivol said his answer is knowing he’s fully prepared for a 12-round fight.
“I’m not an amazing puncher like him, but still I have some punch,” he said. “I could land some good ones on him.”
Should he emerge victorious, Bivol will be hailed as an undisputed champion, a conqueror of Canelo, a pound-for-pound elite, and he’ll have his choice of accepting an Alvarez rematch (if Canelo truly wants it), taking on the winner of the just-announced battle of unbeaten light heavyweights David Benavidez-David Morrell (with Benavidez standing as his WBC mandatory challenger) or making a move to cruiserweight.
“If everything goes to plan and we’re successful, we’ll be in position for another big fight,” Bivol manager Vadim Kornilov said. “I always knew from the time I met Dmitry that he was never a boxer fighting only to be a champion. Dmitry is after challenges. To know him, I’d expect that he’ll go after whatever’s the toughest challenge, whichever fight that may be.
“Benavidez and Canelo are the two toughest fights after this fight.”
Kornilov thinks it’s ominous that unified super-middleweight champion Alvarez did not immediately take a Bivol rematch after losing to him, and then proceeded on a path that has led him to fight former junior-middleweight champions Jermell Charlo and Jaime Munguia before meeting Edgar Berlanga (in his first title fight) in September.
“He didn’t want to redeem himself or he would’ve came and spoken to us,” Kornilov said of Alvarez. “I do believe that Canelo – now that he doesn’t have too many options left – may be interested, but I think Canelo is just playing that card as he needs to. But I don’t believe it’s his priority.”
Bivol declined to even mention a future opponent.
“I don’t think about any fight other than Beterbiev. I have nothing in my mind about planning something else,” Bivol said. “I know if everything goes well I will have other fights, much easier than [Saturday’s]. That’s why I’m focusing on nothing other than Beterbiev.”
Kornilov said the Alvarez fight is proof that the sport’s best challenges bring out the best in Bivol.
Bivol concurs, noting the additional incentive of fighting to stand as the king of kings.
“Yes, it will be great for my ego, my [legacy], to be [considered] the best in this game, in boxing. I want to be the best and get the respect from the boxing society and fans,” he said.
“I always have conversations in my head that I deserve to be the best. From six years old, I’ve worked hard. I beat a lot of good fighters. I have good skills. Because I’ve wanted to be the best. I will not win this fight just because I’m Dmitry. I have to work hard and work right. Then, I will have the chance to be a winner. This is what I have in my head.”
RE: Beterbiev/Bivol. October 12th - diehard - 10-10-2024
Bivol a -140 favorite against Beterbiev
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is a narrow -140 favorite to defeat WBC/IBF/WBO light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (+120) in their clash on Saturday for the undisputed world championship. Bivol-Beterbiev headlines a big card at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The fight will stream exclusively on ESPN+ in the U.S. starting at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT.
RE: Beterbiev/Bivol. October 12th - diehard - 10-11-2024
https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/beterbiev-vs-bivol-this-saturday-and-fans-are-expecting-a-classic-but-will-it-rank-alongside-these-epics/282863
RE: Beterbiev/Bivol. October 12th - diehard - 10-11-2024
Gotta agree. Unless Bivol outboxes him for 12 rounds and avoids Beterbiev's big shots, which I don't think he can do:
https://www.boxingscene.com/confident-andre-rozier-says-no-one-beats-artur-beterbiev--186365
RE: Beterbiev/Bivol. October 12th - diehard - 10-11-2024
Just saw the "origin" video that you posted. Thanks jamieson, it was good. Gave some good insight into the fighters beginnings.
RE: Beterbiev/Bivol. October 12th - diehard - 10-11-2024
Beterbiev-Bivol Final Press Conference
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WBC/IBF/WBO light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) and WBA light heavyweight king Dmitry Bivol (23-0, 12 KOs) will meet on Saturday in a legacy-defining battle for the undisputed championship on Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The winner will become the division’s first undisputed ruler of the modern era and the first since Roy Jones Jr. defeated Reggie Johnson in 1999. Beterbiev-Bivol will be a special one-fight presentation streaming live and exclusively on ESPN+ in the United States at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.
Artur Beterbiev: “It’s not my business {to think about other fighters}. I have a fight this Saturday. I’m only focused on this fight…I want a good fight. I’m preparing for a good fight. We’ll see…Be ready, Dmitry. I will be ready.”
Dmitry Bivol: “In my training camp, in my head, I always try to visualize how it will go. And there are a lot of different scenarios. And usually, that fighter will be more calm when he realizes that he’s ready for everything. If he trains for some things in his training camp, and this happens in the ring, he’s more confident in those situations. And, of course, against Beterbiev, we had to do a great camp. We had to think about different scenarios, and we did. And now I’m just curious how it will be in the ring.”
RE: Beterbiev/Bivol. October 12th - diehard - 10-12-2024
https://fightnews.com/beterbiev-bivol-make-weight/165555